[Pmwiki-users] new link markup format? [[link] text]

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 10:16:11AM -0700, Wayne Lee wrote:
> It might be too late in the game here,
> but I'd like to suggest an alternative
> markup for links.  I stumbled upon this
> idea while researching wiki markups:
> 
> [[LinkName] alternative text]

I like it a *lot*, but it really conflicts with PmWiki's existing
markup and pages.  Consider [[spacewikiwords]], [[nogroupheader]],
[[nogroupfooter]], as well as [[WikiWord link]]. 

So, alas, it may indeed be "too late in the game".  But I am very 
interested in adopting a markup along these lines--especially if it 
ever becomes a part of a unified standard for wiki links.  (Side 
question: is Wikipedia or other wikis considering/using anything 
like this?)   

We *can* create this markup with curly braces instead of
square brackets and not result in hardly any conflicts to PmWiki's existing 
markup.  I just fear that getting the installed PmWiki base to switch
the link syntax may be too much to swallow.  (However, if such a
change were to occur, we'd certainly provide tools to automatically 
convert existing pages to the new markups.)

Pm